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18 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY. _RAILROADS. APRIL 25, 1896-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. FOREIGN POSTAL SERVICE ANIA RAILROAD. Station carner of Gth and i} streets. In Effect April 24, 1596. ra LIMITED.—Pallmar nd rration Cars i, napolis, and Toledo. " Buiet Parlor wiman Buffet Pazlor man shure to Pittsburg. DPM. CHICAG ulin Paliman Sleep arg to Cleveland. _—Pullmaa ud Sleep- —Pullman Sleep- Rochester and with Sleep- via except Satu: mm to Suspension Bridge . Canardaicua, Rochester, Buf- tra Falls daily, Sleeping Car Wash- to Bi tr PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK AND THE E. 4:00 P.M. “CONGRESSIONAL, LIMITED,” daily, all Parlor Ca with Dining Car from Baltlinore. ing FOR Regular (Dining Car}, 7:20, 9:00, 10:00 @ining C ‘ar from Wil- Iningtom) 6:40, 10:00 and 11:35 (Dining Car), Wilmingtea} 11:00 and 7 3 S340 4:00 Limited), 4 10:00, 10:40, 11:1 és 22, 6 and 11 9:00, =, 1 11:35 BM Line, 7:20 A.M. and 4:36 P.M. aay. 9:00 AM. 12:15 amd 4:20 Sunday. 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Special attention given to ties after the theater. 15-tf T. J. TALTY, Manner. J. T. WALKER SONS, 204 10TH ST. X.W., CAR- fas Lining, Felts, Fire Brick ond Clay, Asbestos, ints, Brushes, Lime, Cement, two and three- ply Rooting Material eel THE AFRICAN PIE How It is Being Divided Up Among the European Powers. ENGLAND GEPTING THE BIGGEST SHARE Review of the War Operations Now in Progress. _ UPRISIN NATIVE G Students of war are giving most of their attention at present to the military opera- tions in Africa, the resuit of which will have a most tmportant bearing on the fu- ture of the “Dark Continent.” Its almost boundless resources in all that go toward making the wealth of nations has nat- urally attracted the attention of the great powers of Europe, principally Great Brit- ain, France, Italy and Germany, each of which shows great eagerness to extend iis influence in the neignboring semi-civilized continent. As fs usual in all matters in- volving an addition of rich territorial pos- sessions, Great Britain 1s far In the lead in the encroachments upon African terri- tory that have been made during the pres- ent century. She fs now threatened with two wars for the maintenance of her su- premacy In Africa, one of which at least —the imvasion of Dongola—bids fair to strain military resources. Moreover, it is not at all improbable that the revolt of the Matabeles may bring about a contest with the South African Republte, involving also the Orange Pree States and the Afri- cander inhabitants of Cape Colony and of Natal. The exact purpose of the British military operations in the Nile valley are not clearly understood. The foreign office says that it has become necessary to advance to Lon- gola because the ‘dervishes are threaten- ing to invade upper Egypt, for the safety of which England holds itself responsible. The advance has also been described as a friendly diversion in favor of the Italian forces, now in danger in Kassala The French press accept the expedition as an excuse for continuing the occupation of Egypt, and look upon the invasion of the dervishes and the relief of Kassala as mere pretexts. The nations forming the triple alliance have indorsed England's action, ap- parently under the impression that the ex- pedition, regardless of its object, must necessarily be of service to Italy in its pres- ent difficulty with Abyssinia. A Serieus Task. That fn the end the dervishes wil! op- pose the advance of the English troo,, to Dergola is taken for granted by military critics, and it is conceded on all sides that the movement is subject to many danger- ous risks, the most important of which is that England may beeome Involved In a war that will prove both profonged and ex- pensive. No one who recalls the desperate resistance offered by the tribesmen of the Mahdi to Sir Garnet Wolseley’s advance in 1884-5 can doubt that at least 29,000 gol- diers drawn from the united kingdom or from the Anglo-Indian army will be needed in addition to the Soudanese and the Fella- heen in the Khedive's service to overthrow the Khalifa Abdulluh and reconquer the former dependencies of Egpyt. The scene of England's lutest military operations in Africa is laid in that region south of Egypt and west of the Red sea, which is traversed by the Nile and its tributaries, and to which four great fight- ing powers lay claim. Of these powers two are distinctively African. Foremost of these is the ancient Kingdom of Abyssinia, the most effective organized element in the dark continent, and the other native power is the “empire of the Mahdi,” one of the most formidable military organizations in the eastern hemisphere outside of Europe. It is said that the Mahdi and his dervishe represent a fighting force of not less than 400,000 men. ‘The effective army of the Abyssiniars actually tn the field under the valiant King Menelik is said to number not less than 100,000 men, all supplied with modern rifles and equipment. Although they have not hitherta worked In harmony, existing circumstances may bring these two fighting races—one Moslem and the her Christian—together in a common use against Italy, which is encroaching upon Abyssinia, and against England, which, as the ally of Italy, is moving upon Dongola. The provite known as the Egyptian Soudan were closed to the out- ward world with tke massacre of the Egyptian army under Gen. Hicks in 18 followed by the events leading up to the death of Gen. Gordon at Khartoum and the fruitless expeditior of Gen. Wolseley in 18s ‘ After the establishment of an Ttalian colony at the port of Margowah’ in 18s5, Italy began to extend her possessions in~ land, and to consider the whole great coun- try of Abyssinia as its legitimate pr She pushed forward her African policy with more or less success, until she met her Waterloo at Adowa in the early part of last montk. In January the Italian gar- rison had been driven from Makalih, not- withstanding which preparations | were made for a more formidable advance. Baldiserra held the supreme command, Gen. Baratiera as the m dozen other generat officers with the Gen. Baratieri was leading troops, and had taken position at Adow where he awaited the arrival of Gen. Baldiserra with reinforcements. Before their arrival, however, on the Ist of Maré an engagement was precipitated, which re- sulted in the overwhelming defeat of the Italians, with a loss of over 3,000 men, in- cluding many officers. In all the story of Europe's attempts to subdue Africa no such single military disaster had ever overtaken European soldiery. It caused a crisis in Italy and an immediate change in the ministry. England's Help to Italy. After mucn secret consultation with the q ith st prominent of a | foreign office of Germany, Austria and Eng- land it was finally concluded, however, not to abandon the African project, but to maintain a firm front in Erytrea, while en- deavoring to negotiate a peace with Mene- lik that would save Italian honor, Mean- while the opportunity has been improved by Great Britain to show her intimate re- lationship with Italy by sending an expedi- tion composed of Egyptian troops to oc- cupy Dongola. In announcing this policy to the house of commons, Mr. Curzon, un- der secretary for foreign affairs, pointed out that the success of the Abyssinians would unquestionably increase the restless- ness of the Mahdi and his dervishes, and that unless the British in thelr capacity as occupants of Egypt should take an aggres- sive stand, there was real danger of an Arab invasion that might extend even to Cairo. Furthermore, it is understood that England's willingness to help Italy has tn- directly had the approval of the Emperor of Germany. On the other hand, it is said that the khedive is far from pleased with the English plans in upper Egypt, and that tee on its goods. fected. tle of Ba ers claim, your money Never before has such an offer been dented in the history of the drug business! of Barth’s Coca, Beef and Celery Compound ‘will refund money on every single bottle that does not do all that is claimed for it. We will return you your moncy! 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Of the African powers, the Mahdi and his deryishes represent the fiercest revival in the Arab breast of Moslem fanaticism, while Menelik and his vassal lords and chieftains represent a people, who, having espoused Judaism in the time of King Solomon, were converted to Christianity some 1,500 years ago. Not a Black Race. The experience of the Italians during the past few years with the Abyssinians has shown beyond doubt that these mountain- eers of “the Switzerland of Africa” are de- cidedly a superior race to the other peoples of the Dark Continent with whom the Euro- peans have come in contact in their colo- nization and partition schemes. To a great extent this superiority is the result of their origin and pedigree. Although the modern representatives of the Eihiopians of myth and history, they are in reality not Ethio- pians at all. They are not black, but are of Caucasian descent as pure as the Anglo- Saxon or the Celt. Language and physiology stamp them as members. of the Semitic race, and, conse- quently, as kindred peoples to the Baby- lonians, the Assyrians, the Arabs, the Sy- rians, the Jews, and other history-making nations of antiquity. To call them Ethio- Plans in the sense of blacks is a singular misnomer, originating probably in the fact that, being the only African people except the Egyptians known at an early date to the Greek-Latin literature,the term “Ethio- pian" gradually was used to designate all Africans, and is now the national name for that very people who, almost alone on the entire continent of Africa, @> not belong to the negro race. The Mahdi, called by the Arabs “The Well Directed Ore,” is the Mohammedan restorer of all things. Though not men- tioned in the Koran he is said to have been promised by Mohammed to complete his work in filling the world as full of right- eousness as It is. of iniquity. Mohammed, a son of All, bore unwillingly the name of Mahdi, and dying in peace, he was expect- ed to return. In the twelfth century arose another Mahdi, by name Mohammed Ibn Tumert, whose disciple dnd successor Ab- dulmumin overran Moroceo and sunplanied the Almoravide dynasty there and after- ward in Spain. The year 16%G produced in Turkey its Jewish messiah, Sabbatia Zevi, and in con- sequence its Kurdish Mahdi for the sup- Pression of this Dejjal or false prophet. Both fell into the suitan’s hands, In 1779 another Mahdi arose in Egypt against the French, and fell in battle. In Dongola, to- ward 1843 was born Mohammed Ahmed. who, when he reached the prophetic age of forty years, claimed to be the Mahdk Grad- ually at the Mahdi’s call—the Moslem equivalent foe a revolutionary spirit—the eastern Soudan stirred itself inst Hy tian misrule. ec Gen. Gordon Killed. In 1883 he sized El-'Obeyed, the chief city of Kordofan, and made it his capital, and on the 5th of November of that year the Egyptian army, commanded by Hicks Pa- sha, was annihilated. In 1s Khartoun was taken by treachery, and Gen. Gordon, whom England had sent to pacify the Sou- lan, was kilied. The Mahdi died at Om- durman June 1885, as sucesed d in power by Khalifa Abdullahi, who, it is understood, has never claimed the divine rights of the Mahdi. Although he is now the real ruler of Dongola, the country con- tinues to be knowr as “the land of the Mahdis," and the military forees are usu- ally referred to in the press dispatches a3 he Mahdi and his dervishes.” The feud of races in South Africa began about 250 years ago, when the Netherlands, then at the heisht of their prosperity, were England's rivals for a share of the mari. time supremacy of the world. The Dutch PY 2 ag was then planted on four continents— nd ‘a, at the Cape ef Good Hope, at Dem- » and on Manhattan Island. At three bolats it was fate] to yield to the banner of Great Britain. In Africa, how- it Was different. The crigmal set- nown as Boers were not so easily subjuz: When unable to. bold their al settlements because of British en- they en ted in Natal and Oranze river state as an erted ed the Smorelsnty over Natal “and anne ‘ange state. Many Boers continued fur, ron beyond the Vaal river and set up a State, which is now better known as the Transvaal than by its offelal name of th South African Republic. The country arid and unproductive, and infested with Fumenus hoséile natives, so that the set- rad diflteulty in maintaining . itized government” Spe ere The Zulu Campnign. In 1877 the Boers were threatened with annihilation by the formidable tribe of a advantage of the situation, declared the country as part of the British dominions. This action was based on a dubious agreement with t! most helpless Boer parli lish army then began campaign again. the Zulus, and finally ' Them, conquered after many hard-fought battles. The try was improved and commerce was ine troduced, and the discovery of guld fol- lowed soon after. The Boers wer: restive, under British rule, and after three years of discontent broke cut into open rebellion. At the first signs of trouble a small detachment of British sol- diers was sent to Pretoria, the capital. They were ambushed by Boers and more than half of their number was killed. Sub- sequently Gen. Colley, who hurried to the Scene from Natal with nearly 600 men, was utterly routed at Majuba Hill The grea:- est’ consternation prevailed among th British authorities, and reinforcements Were secured from India and elsewhere. Twenty thousand troops were ready to march into the Transvaal, when Mr. Glad- stone, then premier of England, changed the entire aspect of the case by deciding that the Boers were entitled to their inde- pendence, and that there was no oceasion for the use of force. So, on the easy con- dition of acknowledging English suzerainty over its foreign affairs, the South African Republic was given another lease of life. Its fifteenth birthday was celebrated on the 27th of February last, and how many more years of independence it will know time alone can tell. Some political wise- acres predict, however, that, despite Statesmen like Paul Kruger and soldiers like Piet Joubert, the English-speaking race will dominate the Dutch in Africa, as it did long ago in America. The country is now practically in the control of the English, who greatly outnumber the Dutca even in the centers of the Transvaal. To continue to deny the hated “Witlanders,” as the emigrants are called, civil and po- Htical rights, it is asserted, will be only to court other outbreaks like the recent raid of Dr. Jameson, which might, however, prove more successful than that diss affair. Rising of the Matabeles, To further complicate the situation in South Africa, th: Matabeles have arisen in great force against Buluwayo. The war- rs number several thousand, and are ap- parently well supplied with firearms, Bulu- wayo is In 2. state of siege, and relief corps have been sent out from Mafeking. They are moving slowly, however, on account of the scarcity of water and the ravages of the rinderpest among the cattle, and it is possible that the Matabeles may ttercept them on the route. The greatest alarm prevails at Buluwayo, and it is feared that the relief expeditions will not reach their destination in time to be of any use, even if they escape capture by the enemy. In spite of the effective means taken to de- fend Buluwayo, the situation grows darker every day. Since the uprising began the Matabeles have slain over two hundred of the residents. Men of experience in South Africa claim to see the guiding hands of the leaders of the Transvaal republic ee a they go so far as to assert that the Boers themselves are arming for a struggle with the Brittsh for the mastery fm South Af- rica, and that in so doing they are aided and abetted by the German authorities. It is said by military critics that there would be no difficulty in suppressing the Matabele uprising by the forces of the Chartered Company, reinforced hy two cr three British regiments. The importance of this uprising hes ly in the possibtl- ity that it may precipitate a revolt of the entire Dutch-speaking population in South Africa. According to one authority, there is reason to believe that the Boers of the Transvaal would welcome an opportunity to renounce the zurerainty of Great Britain under the corvention of 1884, and to reas- sert their former independence. To further this purpose, it is said the inhabitants of the Transvaal can put 15,000 experienced riflemen in the field, and who can confi- dently count on the co-operation of 20,000 sharpshooters from the Orange Free States and 15,000 mcre of their sympathizers in Natal and the Cape Colony. At is estimafed them, coun- ¥ See AMBITION : Has « No REST. a HIE < ol oe Some people have an ambi- tion for one thing—some have an ambition for another. Our ambition is to do the laundry work of every particu- lar man in Washington. a That ambition is fast being %, realized. Already we do two- ia thirds—now we're after the * other third, A No reason why we shouldn't Ha get it. Facilities for washing ally the collars and cuffs soiled in sya Washington—and without any extra effort, cither. <perts” for every branch of the work. Our work is of the very highest standard ALL THE TIME—cleaner, whiter and better work than any other laun- dry in the city. Let your bundle come! Always prompt to the very hour. Drop postal and wagon SESS SE SETS SS F ae will call. Telephone roga, THE YALE, 4 514 roth St, ™ 1104 14th St. uy Ri2 Plant, 43 G st. yw that It would take at least 50,000 of the best troops of England to suppress a gen- eral insurrection of the Africander ele- ments in South Africa. EAGER FOR GOLD How Strangera Flock to Cripple Oreek to Make Fortnnes A Former Washington Bey in the Famous Mining Dis- trict. Speclal Correspondenee of The Evening Star. CRIPPLE CREEK, April 23, 1898. It was expected when spring opened that there would be a rush to the Cripple Creek gold mining districts, This expectation {s anal being realized now, and every stage and train running into Cripple Creek is loaded, and, as there are four trains and three besides numerous old-fashioned s-covered wagons, the population of rapidly increased. Many people who come here simply want to in- vestigate, and hav foresight enought to bring money along to buy return tickets, but probably @ magority f newcomers ex- pe t to get uve only two or three dollars left arrival for immediate support. ‘Ther more brain and musele here than is ne te develop the mines and carry on all neces- sary business in connection with mining, and huadreds of these unfortunate stran: ers are left here without work, money or friends. When they find they cannot get employ- ment of any kind, they take a side-door Pullman or get a tie pass and go to the nearest town outside the Cripple Creek dis- trict, only to find that ail available positions in those towns have been filled by persons who have had simitar experience to theirs a few weeks previous, b during the summer, and | Business and Recreation. Cripple Cre2k, although a mining camp, is not behind the older cities in the va- riety of its Industries. Every one has read of the thoughtful man, who, during the California rush, took a wash tub with him, and made his fortune washing clothes for the miners, who got poor digging for gold. Enough people who have gone to Cripple Creck have thought of that, so through the competition between them you can get uch work done as cheaply as in the east. enterprising man has brought a merry- go-round, on whic the tired miners may ride and spend their nickels after a hard day’s work. During the next three weeks four circuses and animal shows are biiled to give exhibitions. Opera houses and dance halls are, of course, to be expeeted in a place like this. Eighty saloons grace the town, and an equal if n er num- ber of gan:bling houses. hing is open and above board, and as for gambling, Washington's disreputable Jackson City, {f here, would be but a small, unnoticed ad- dition. The pawn shop seems to do a good business, and eating and iodging houses have all the guests they ean accommodate. Cost of Living. A few months ago it would cost a per- son three dollars to get a cot for one night, and then he would have all the company the room would hold. But the demand did not suffer long for a lack of supply, so now you can get one of the origina’ three-dollar cots for twenty-five cents. If you are rot perticular about the finish of your room, are willing that the “wainscoting” be of unpianed boaris, with cracks between them large enough to put your finger ghrough, and are willing to go to bed without a lamp, you can get a single room for fifty cents. There are better accommodations, however, at reasonable prices. If you want to dine at Detmontco’s you can, in name. The cast-iron lobsters In window does not always indicate that that delicacy is served. However, the restau- rants are fully up to the average in other new towns and the prices are reasonable. The healthfulness of the place is a detri- ment to many. Mountain air and high altitudes are generally considered health- ful, but extremes are often hurtful. The average height of this location is 10,000 feet, and people who are not used to the rarified atmosphere of such an clevation are very apt to feel the effects. The death rate for awhile during the spring averaged six per day, out of a population of a pos- sible 15,000 or 20,000, Pneumonia is the dreaded disease and a person who gets that is very apt to pass over. FRANZ HUEBNER. —_——.__ The Happiest Heart. Who drives the hozses of the sum Shall lord it but a day; ‘er the lowly deed were done, And kept the humble way. The rust will find the sword of fame; The dust will hide the crow! y. Hone shall nail so high lis name me will not tear it down. ‘The happiest heart that ever beat Was in some quiet breast That found the common daylight sweet And left to Leaven the rext CHENEY. —JOUN V. = ee The Power of Sympathy. From the London Globe. A charming little story is told about a burglar who was sentenced to a long term of imprisopment at Clerkenwell sessions yesterday. Early one morning, many years ago, he was running at the top of his speed along a Wést End thoroughfare, pur- sued by a lady who vociferated thie! A milkman intercepted the fugi- tive, who promptly exclaimed, with admira- ble astuteness, “For heaven's sake let me go. It’s my wife, and she'll just about kili me.” The milkman was a married man himself, and he allowed the malefactor to cecapa. Beecham’s Pills for con- stipation, tec. and 25¢ Get the book at your drug- gist’s and go by it. “Stop | SOME DINNER EXPERIENCES, l From the New York Tribune. “Whct should be done in the case of any- thing going wrong?’ was a mooted ques tion at a woman’s luncheon the other day. To act as if nothing was amiss in case of any obvious blunder, and offer no explana- tion for enforced welts, gold entrees and other familiar contretemps, was the old- fashioned idea of correct deportment. "Mistress of herself, though china fail,” was the creed that was taught to embryo housekeepers as a rule of conduct. This, however, on the above cecasion was pro- nounced stilted and unnatural, and really more uncomfortable for the guest than if any chance and untoward happening was Openly commented upon and made Nght of. “For instance,” said one of the advocates of thts latter theory, “I dined at a house the other evening where I happened to hear afterward the chef was drunk, and the whole kitchen, and fore the din- ner, Was upset. Of course, this Is a mis- fortune that might happen to any one, and if Mr. and Mrs. A—— had just laughed off the whole thing and had sent into a ca- ter wr a few hot no one would have minded In the least. Instead of this, however, nothing whatever was sald, and the din lragged on to an intermin- able Iengta, with any number of execrably cooked dishes, which were really uneata- ble. Mr. A——, who had taken me in, grew pomier and gloomier, so that the conver- tion wes worse than the food, and all might Fave been avoided by @ jJitlle fact ftank ch would inspired the good nature of every one. “I quite agree with you,” observed an- other lady who was present people would only be matters it would be far guests, and I, for cne, wou! have been spared _an extremely @isagreeable experi- ence. I forget what the cause of the trou- ble was in this case, although I did hear afterward. Any way, the dinner was the worst mers I ever sat down to. Our host and hostess sald nothing, so we were oblig- ed to make a pretense of eating, and final- ly, after the dinner was over, took an early departure, But the worst is to come! 4 number of us happened to leave at the same time, and some on the doorstep pro- posed that we should all adjourn in a body to the Waldorf for a good supper. As we were all really hungry, we accepted with Joy, and were soon discussing a delicious little menu, when, to our consternation amd dismay, in walked our quondam host and hostess. They, too, e doubtless hungry, poor souls, and had hastened as soon as their guesis had departed to console them- selves for their unhappy evening by a cozy Lttle hot supper. As they went to the fur- “If, as you frank about such er for their thest end of the room and pretended not their to see us, we of course had to follow cue, but I never felt more uncomfort although the situation was laughable. How much ter It have been in this case also if they had simply said that their mestic arrange- ments were upset given us a good hot supper, instead cf feeling obliged by conventionality to have a certain number of uneatable entrees would Is gencrally the Tesult when infer- ior dress shields are used. The only mont of the certain remedy is Canfield Dress Shields. 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